Button-badge and pin therefor.



No 720,553. PATENTED FEB. 17, 1903,

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BUTTON BADGE AND PIN THEREFOR.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

WILLIAM DODGE BEETOHENOW, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, .ASSIGN OR TO WILLIAMHORNICH, J R., OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

BUTTON-BADGE AND PIN THEREFOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 720,553, dated-February17, I903. I

' Application filed April 27, 1900. Serial No. 14,564. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM DODGE BEETCHENOW, a'citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Newark, in.the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Button-Badges and Pins Therefor; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of button-badges which areremovably attached to the garment of the wearer by a pin at the back;and the objects of this invention are to provide for such buttons a newand improved attaching-pin, to secure a simple and economicalconstruction, to obtain apinwhich shall more firmly engage the garment,and to secure otheradvantages and results, someof which may be referredto hereinafter in con- 2 5 nection with the description of the workingparts.

The invention consists in the improved button-badges and pin forattaching the same and in the arrangements and combinations of parts ofthe same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth and finallyembraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures,Figure l is a reverse plan of my improved button. Fig. 2 is an edge Viewof the same and partly in section to show the manner of seating the pinin the shell. Fig. 3 is a crosssection taken at about line m, Fig. 1;and Figs. 4., 5, and 6 are detail views of the pin detached from thebutton.

In said drawings, a indicates the body or shell of the button, which isof a common construction, having the concave-convex plate b, withrearwardly-bent' edges 1), and a covering a stretched over said plateand having its margins turned inward over the edge I) of the plate andheld in place by a collet d, pressed 50 into the rear chamber of thebutton. The

said collet, in connection with the rearwardlyturned edges of the frontplate, forms an inwardly-curved peripheral flange at the rear of thebutton, beneath which is a recess e.

The attaching-pin f is held to the buttonbody a by springing itsopposite ends into this recess 6, the pin then lying diametricallyacross the chamber at the back of the button. Said pin consists, in ageneral Way, of a doubled piece of wire adapted to lie when placed inthe button-chamber in a plane substantially perpendicular to the button.The looped end 9 of the pin lies in the recess 6,

as shown, and the outer arm of the doubled wire forms the pin-bar h,lying outside of. the chamber of the button, while the inner arm forms aholding portion 1', which preferably lies flat against the bottom of thechamber. Said holding portion t' is at a point distant from the loopedend g and near the opposite 7o edge of the button bent to one side orout of the plane of the pin, as atj, and then turned,

as atk, and extended, as at 'Z, substantially across a chord of thecircle of the button in which the pin as a whole lies. The ends of thetransverse end part 1, thus formed, are adapted to lie in the recess eof the buttonback at an opposite point from the doubled end g, and thusthe pin is held to the button body'or shell. At the sametime the elas-8c ticity given by the bendsj it permits the pin to be sprung into andout of its seat by a slight longitudinal compression.

The pin-bar h is near its base bent outward, as at m, in the usualmanner and then extends across the button and has its extremity hsharpened to enter the garment of the wearer with ease. To provide abearing for the free end of the pin-bar, a portion of the traverse partZ of the holding portion of 0 the pin is curved or rounded upward, as at0, to project beyond the plane of the rear of the button-body and form aseat for the pin-bar to lie against with spring-pressure. When,therefore, the button is displayed upon a garment, the pin-bar It liesbeneath the fabric and presses the same against the outwardlyroundedmiddle portion 0 of the part Z and a fastening to the garment is securedindependent of the shell or body of the button.

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Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is- 1. In abadge, the combination with the shell or body having a recess formed alittle in from its outer edge, of a fastening-pin integrally embodyingaholding portion adapted to fit into said recess and be retained therein,the pointed end of said pin extending diametrically across the face ofthe body and the opposite end of said pin being bent to lie in a chordof the circle of said body, said lastmentioned part projecting out fromsaid recess and lying in a plane away from the plane of the saidbody-surface and normally holding the pointed end of the pin away fromcontact with the surface of said body, substantially as set forth.

2. In a badge, the combination with a chambered shell having a recess atthe periphery, of an attaching-pin comprising a doubled piece of wireextending across said chamber-and having its folded end lying in saidrecess, the free end of one arm being bent transversely and sprung intothe recess at points opposite the doubled end, and the other arm forminga pin-bar pointed at its free end, substantially as set forth.

3. In a badge, the combination with a body or shell having aninwardly-curved flange at its rear side, of a fastening-pin comprisingadoubled piece of wire extending across the button approximately in aplane at right angles thereto and being inserted at its doubled endbeneath said flange, the inner arm of the pin being near its free endbent sidewise out of the plane of the pin and then turned to form atransverse end bearing, portions of which extend beneath the flange ofthe button-body and another portion of which is exposed, and the outerarm of the pin forming a pin-bar engaging with spring-pressure theexposed portion of the said transverse end bearin g, substantially asset forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this23d day of April, 1900.

WILLIAM DODGE BEETCIIENOW.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, RUSSELL M. EVERETT.

